Comments on: Magazine Sneak Peek!: The Strange Case of Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26449 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:11:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Travis http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26449/comment-page-1#comment-146458 Travis Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26449#comment-146458 My thesis professor at the University of Texas has Conan Doyle's desk. My thesis professor at the University of Texas has Conan Doyle’s desk.

]]> By: Anon Emous http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26449/comment-page-1#comment-146277 Anon Emous Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26449#comment-146277 Imagine if, instead of Graham Bell, he'd been the telephone (teleHOLMES? ;)) inventor... The famous first sentence of "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you." could be 'Elementary, my dear Watson!' (yes, I know this is not how he says it in the books, but how it appears in the FILMS Imagine if, instead of Graham Bell, he’d been the telephone (teleHOLMES? ;)) inventor…

The famous first sentence of “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you.” could be

‘Elementary, my dear Watson!’

(yes, I know this is not how he says it in the books, but how it appears in the FILMS

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